Christina
Picton

Multi-sport athlete Christina Picton made her Paralympics debut at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. The Para nordic skier competed in four events and reached the top-eight each time including a sixth in the cross-country sprint.

Since those Games, she’s emerged as a medal threat in both the women’s sitting cross country and biathlon. She posted her best result on the Para biathlon World Cup circuit in January 2026 with a fourth in the 12.5 kilometre individual.

The previous season, she couldn’t do the biathlon events due to injury.

Picton posted three top-five finishes at the 2021-22 season opening World Cup in Canmore to solidify her spot for Beijing.

She made her international debut in January 2020 at a World Cup event in Utah, earning podium finishes in both sprint and middle-distance races.

In addition to her Para nordic career, Picton is the captain of Canada’s women’s Para ice hockey team.  She led Canada to a silver medal at the inaugural women’s worlds in August 2025.  In 2019, Picton, was one of four women invited to the national Para hockey development camp, where she played against the United States.

After years of involvement in developing Para ice hockey throughout Canada and her own community, Picton found out about cross-country skiing through one of her participants on the “Learn to Sledge” program she facilitates in Port Colborne, Ontario.

Just weeks after first skiing, she competed in her first race, and by 2019 she had enough results to join the provincial team and attend a national prospects camp.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2022 Paralympic Winter Games… 2023 FIS Para cross country world championships… In 2025 elected to the Canadian Paralympic Athletes’ Council…

PERSONAL
Born with a congenital deficiency that affected both her legs and ultimately led to her having her right leg amputated at age 16… Started graphic design company Amped Design & Creative after moving to Canmore in 2021… As a graphic designer has contributed to the face of the sport community by designing logos for multiple sport organizations.

NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

2023 Para cross country world championships – 20 km – 4th

2023 Para cross country world championships – 10 km – 5th

2023 Para cross country world championships – Sprint – 6th

2022 Paralympic Winter Games – cross country- sprint – 6th

2022 Paralympic Winter Games – biathlon – sprint – 7th

2022 Paralympic Winter Games – biathlon – individual – 7th

2022 Paralympic Winter Games – biathlon – middle distance – 8th